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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1917
Page
5
Plymouth, Kingston, Duxbury and Seaside fishermen who fish Plymouth harbor now carry revolvers to defend their rights against alleged Boston rivals who crowd local waters and undersell in markets.
State officials plan to visit the Plymouth fishing grounds tomorrow night as tensions rise between local Cape fishermen and 20 Boston boatmen. Locals threaten armed resistance if outsiders encroach on permitted grounds, amid warnings to arrest unpermitted fishers.
Contractors at the Watertown arsenal are urged to hire workers with prior experience from other contractors. General Crozier directs preference for employed or recently employed workers, framing it as patriotic service while allowing a sufficiently large force to speed completion.
New York reports the sugar shortage is a blessing in disguise as of November 13, with observers noting hidden benefits amid the scarcity.
The bulletin urges tightening belts to save food for allies and stresses that sugar and fats provide energy but lack proteins and minerals. It promotes replacing sugar with vegetables and fruits to aid the war effort and improve long term health habits.
Cambridge Smith girl Mil dred Simonds of Smith College married Robert Ferry Patton of the U S S Naval Reserves yesterday at the Hotel Somerset. The newlyweds planned a brief wedding trip before she returns to finish her Smith College studies. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs George William Simonds of Cambridge and Milton New Hampshire. he is from Highland Park Til and son of Chicago industrialist Robert W Patton. He studied at Amherst before meeting Miss Simonds in Northampton.
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